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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£116.6K
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Spending
£126.8K
- Charity no. 104728
- Date registered. 04/03/2016
Public benefits
The benefits that flow from the purpose is keeping older minds active and involved through the acquisition of knowledge or furthering of knowledge in specific areas of interests to the recipient. Causeway U3A provides the older person in its area with educational benefits which they would not otherwise be able to access at a minimal cost. Further
benefits that flow from this purpose are improved health awareness of issues related to older people and physical and mental health maintained and/or improved through the uptake of activities provided hence reduction in demand for public health services. Also the bringing together of isolated people and introducing them to new interests and friends therefore giving them a new outlook on life. This is especially pertinent to the Causeway area where people choose to retire to. The beneficiaries are the current 940 members of Causeway U3A, who are retired or semi-retired men and women living in the Coleraine, Portstewart and Portrush catchment area. There is no possibility of any harm or possibility of harm outweighing the benefits.
What your organisation does
Causeway U3A has been running for 30 years. Monthly meetings are held for all members where visiting speakers provide a varied programme of talks. Classes and activities offered are varied including both mental stimulation and physical exercise. A monthly Sunday lunch meeting for single members is also offered. Activities are constantly reviewed
and new ones added as requested by members. Information regarding upcoming local events and within U3A (local, regional and national) is regularly emailed out and highlighted at monthly meetings and in a bi-monthly Newsletter. Over 30 groups have operated during the pandemic, new ones are being added and some of the earlier activities, suspended by covid, will resume.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Older people
- Voluntary and community sector
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Cultural
- Education/training
- Sport/recreation